Glamping arrives in Mergui Archipelago

It’s a case of ‘take only photos and memories, leave only footprints’ at the newest five-star resort in the remote Mergui Archipelago, off the coast of southern Myanmar and Thailand. With its opening listed as among the most highly anticipated by luxury lifestyle Robb Report and Luxury Travel magazine, Awei Pila (aweipila.com) received its first […]

Operators unfazed as Myanmar slows

YOUNG entrepreneurs in Myanmar remain upbeat on the country’s economic outlook despite weakening of the kyat, high inflation and delay to reform. “It is not good if you look at the exchange rate. The kyat is retreating against the US dollar and Thai baht, We are in a unstable period,” May Mon Thu, managing director […]

Telenor Myanmar opens 2nd call center in Mandalay

Telenor Myanmar has inaugurated its second call center, located in Maha Aung Myay Township in Mandalay. Telenor now has around 300 agents in both Yangon and Mandalay, serving 12 million customers, 24 hours per day. The new call center operation will be managed by Telenor’s contracted partner, Genex Infosys, a provider of Business Process Outsourcing […]